MSU Center for Community & Economic Development

What MSU Center for Community & Economic Development does

The MSU Center for Community and Economic Development (CCED) is a university outreach center within Michigan State University, founded in 1968 as the Center for Urban Affairs and operating under MSU's Office of University Outreach and Engagement. CCED creates, applies, and disseminates knowledge through community-engaged scholarship, focused on revitalizing distressed Michigan communities, addressing structural abandonment and blight, and supporting equitable economic development. The center maintains physical offices in Lansing and Flint and operates an EDA-funded Regional Economic Innovation (REI) University Center that distributes economic development tools, models, and practices to over 1,000 public and private sector organizations statewide.

CCED's product portfolio includes the Regional Economic Innovation University Center, the Domicology research initiative (a proprietary framework studying the lifecycle of the built environment and promoting circular economy approaches to structural material reuse), the Comprehensive Economic Recovery Initiative (CERI), the Innovation Fellows Program, and student-led, faculty-guided research projects. Supporting these are recurring event series including the annual Innovate Michigan! Summit, the semi-annual Michigan Avenue Thinkers and Doers forum, and the Contemporary Issues Institute, alongside a substantial media library of webinars, podcasts, videos, and the long-running Community News and Views newsletter.

CCED operates as a non-revenue-generating unit of a public land-grant university, providing services free of charge to Michigan communities, government agencies, economic development practitioners, and MSU faculty and students. Funding derives from MSU's institutional budget and external grants, including a 2017 EDA award supporting the Lansing Area Particle Accelerator Cluster (LanPAC) study tied to MSU's Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) investment. With 14 employees and a leadership team that includes Associate Directors John Melcher (Lansing) and Robert Brown (Flint), CCED functions as a public-good research and engagement platform rather than a commercial enterprise.

Name

MSU Center for Community & Economic Development

Legal name

Michigan State University Center for Community and Economic Development

Website

https://ced.msu.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1968

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The MSU Center for Community and Economic Development is a university outreach center at Michigan State University that conducts community-engaged research and provides free technical assistance to distressed Michigan communities, policymakers, and economic development practitioners on revitalization, circular economy, and regional innovation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Community & Economic Development Services

NAICS

Educational Services (611), Educational Support Services (611710), Other Individual and Family Services (624190)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200), Services-Social Services (8300)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDALAOAI

Community Engagement & Service-Learning Partnerships

Education/Student Services & Campus Operations/Alumni Relations, Development & Campus Community Engagement

SECONDARYBPAGAEAL

Community Centers & Neighborhood Support Services

Business & Public Services/Nonprofit, NGO & Social Services/Social Services & Community Support (Food, Housing, Family)

Keywords

• Community economic development
• University outreach programs
• Regional economic innovation
• Circular economy research
• Workforce development services

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Others

Pricing tiers

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels10 records

Core offering

MSU Center for Community & Economic Development is a university outreach center that creates, applies, and disseminates knowledge to revitalize distressed Michigan communities through applied research, technical assistance, and engaged scholarship. Its core offerings include the Regional Economic Innovation (REI) University Center, Domicology research on the built environment lifecycle, CCED Flint and CCED Lansing Initiatives for community partnerships, the Comprehensive Economic Recovery Initiative (CERI), and student-led faculty-guided projects. Services are delivered primarily at no cost to communities, funded through MSU's institutional budget and federal/state grants.

Product overview

MSU Center for Community & Economic Development operates as an educational outreach center organized around multiple interconnected programs and publications. The core offerings include the Regional Economic Innovation (REI) University Center for regional economic development, the Domicology research initiative focused on the built environment lifecycle, CCED Flint and CCED Lansing Initiatives serving specific Michigan communities, and the Comprehensive Economic Recovery Initiative. Supporting these are event series including the Michigan Avenue Thinkers and Doers Forum, Innovate Michigan! Summit, and Contemporary Issues Institute. The center also produces educational content through publications (Community News and Views newsletter, EPR Updates), webinars, videos, and podcasts. Student engagement programs include Student-Led Faculty-Guided Projects, Co-Learning Plans, and the Innovation Fellows Program. Research initiatives cover particle accelerator industry clusters and community food security through the North Flint Food Market cooperative.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Regional Economic Innovation (REI): EDA University Center for Regional Economic Innovation - building a new economic development ecosystem by leveraging higher education assets to support innovative economic development strategies throughout Michigan
• Domicology
• CCED Flint
• Community News and Views
• Innovate Michigan! Summit
• Michigan Avenue Thinkers and Doers

Products and services

• Regional Economic Innovation (REI) University Center

Quantifiable outcome

• REI Network reaches over 1,000 public and private sector organizations
• +3 more outcomes

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Peers

• University of Michigan Center for Local, State, and Urban Policy (CLOSUP):

Direct peers

• Penn State Center for Economic and Community Development: Another land-grant university center focused on community and economic development research, technical assistance, and extension. Directly comparable to CCED in mission, structure, and customer base (Pennsylvania communities and economic development practitioners).
• University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension - Community Development: Public university extension unit focused on community and economic development programming, applied research, and partnerships with local governments. Structurally and operationally analogous to CCED.
• Iowa State University Extension and Outreach - Community Development: Land-grant university community development program providing research-based education, technical assistance, and capacity building to communities. Same land-grant mission, similar programmatic offerings and audience.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/msu_cced
• YouTubeyoutube.com/user/msuCCED
• Facebookfacebook.com/msucced
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/msucced
• Instagraminstagram.com/msu_cced

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Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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